Hen&#39;s nest



L. H. JOHNSON; HENS NEST. y.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 6,1921.

` 1,433,460. 196mm (m. M, w22.,

INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

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tours ir. roirnson', or Detroit, nirssonni;

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Application .uly 6. i921. Serial No. flff of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hens" Nests, ot

which the following isA afspeciiication.` n

This invention relates to hens nests oitl'ne trap type. 1

rlhe object of .the invention is to inserirle a` nest of this characterso constructedthat when the henleaves the nest, `a slide ,in the 4bottomthereoi' will open to discharge the egg laid.` i Y `1 y Another object`is to provide a simple and etlicient slide actuatingV wvill be openedby thelhen leaving1 the nest `and automatically closed after the egg if;

. discharged.

\ Still another object "is to provide a fixed artificial nest egg solocated that `it will not be discharged `with the newly laideggg.

y l/Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in:certain novel :teatnres ot oonstructionas hereinafter.shown.d`escribedand` claimed.

.ln the accompanyring`- drawings, i `.liigure l represents alongitudinal vertis cal section of a `nest construction in .1 accordance`with this invention, with the slide the bottonishown closed andan egg.repre` sented in dotted `lines resting` thereon,..

Fig. 2 isa front elevation thereof,` p Fig. 3 isa detail verticalsection, taken on a plane at `right angles to that shown in Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the slide used for closing theopening in the bottom of the nest.

`The nest constituting'this invention com- I top and on all sides exceptat the front,

@the liront being` close `height of the housing. extends for a. partonly oi the housing, preferably terminating` about midway the heightthereof, asshown clearly in Figs. l and 2. A tray 3 is made in the `formoi a drawer slidable in thehousing, and is de signed to receive the eggslaid in the nest 5. This egg tray 3, may it desired, contain straw orother materials to prevent the eggs dropped into it from the breaking,and ard for a part oit' the ranged at the center of the tray is an eggIrmeans whereby it the tends through the front wall `with a sta The frontclosure f2` y deflecting member e, composed oi corlnruhber, `or othermaterial which :would lnot break an egg which hits against .iltransverse partition G is arranged in the housing l above the tray 3,`and is designed jto ysupport the nest 5,f\vliichmay be of anydesired orsuitable material, har ingan opening 7 atthe center thereof, the

side walls 8 of the `nest incliningdownwardly toward this opening, sothat an dropped on said` walls willbe directed toward the opening. Anartificial cojo; 2l isiiiiedly mounted in the'nest, ,being `herehshowncarried by a' peg 22 projecting npwardly from thepartition 6 through therear wall yof the nest.

Depending from the lower tace, olf` the horizontal partition 6, aroundopening 7 tormed therein,` is db J ing'tube l0, composed oi jl-leriblesoft material which would avoid all` tendency brealrageot the`'l`histube l() the eggdischargec "om nest `hina .y presently to `bedescribed.J and d against the detlector Ll, whiclicauses the ego;hitting thereagainst to roll to one `sidein `the H central clearlyinFigs. l andBjji` rod 1 2 connected at oneend with the slide ll ,andenorclosure 2 of the housing,` and is bent upwardlyuand provided at its treeend `witha hook-shaped terminal 13, which is designed to be engaged pleor eye le, carried by a cross bar or roller l5, which is mounted toswing vertically by means soon to be described.

rlhe bar orroller 15, as herein shown, is carried by the cross barof aU-shaped hanger 16 which is composed of heavy wire, with` thefree endsof the arms thereof bent` laterally outward, as shown at 17, to -formjournals for the hanger and which are mounted in eyes ,1.8, carried bythe bottom of the housing. y

A coil .spring 19 is secured at one end to the rod or roller l5, andatits other end to .the upper portion of the front closure 2, as isshownrclearly in Fig. l, and operates to normally hold the rod and theiframe on which it is mounted in up-swung position,

tray 3`and be out of the way when they Soft ' 11 and luncovering vtheopening ready for a hen to perch thereon. When this 'frame and roller1.5 are in up-swung position, as shown in Fins. 1 and 2, the slide 1 1is in retracted closed position to receive the egg laid by the hen.

A suitable lock for holding the frame against tilting or downwardswinging movement is provided, to be used when it is not desired todischarge the `egg laid in the nest 5. As shown, the locking mechanismis composed of a hook 20, loosely attached at one end to the front taceof the closure 2, and having the bill thereof designed to envge theroller 15 as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and hold thev frame againsttilting when a hen jumps on said roller.

In the use of this nest, the parts being in position shown' in Fig. 1, ahen lighting on the cross bar 15 vwill swing the tranne. carrying' saidbar downwardly, and she may enter the front ot the nest from this crossbar. When she so enters the nest, the bar will swing upwardly under thetension ot the 'spring 19, and thereby close the slide 11. After the henhas laid the egg, shown in dotted linesv in Fig. 1, in her exit from thenest, she must necessarily then jump on the cross bar or roller 15,which will cause said roller and the frame yon which it is mounted toswingl downwardly against the tension of spring 19, thereby drawing outthe slide 7 in the bottom of the nest. When this opening uncovered theregg will drop through the guidetube 10 and on contacting with thed'etlector e, will be `directed to one side into the tray-3, and may beremoved whenever Vit isl desired to do so, any desired number Amayaccumulate before removal, since they will not', in any way, be affectedby hens successively entering the nest and laying therein, each eggdropping into the tray aspthe hen leaves the nest, thus preserving themand preventing them beingr addled by hens sitting on them. Y

When these nests are {ii-r" installed. ii is desirable that the tiltingtrarne be held against tilting, until the hens get familiar with thenests and this is accomplished b v means of the fastener 20 as abovedescribed.

Should any part of this nest get out ol' order the part can be easilyremoved and repaired or a new part sul'istituted.

The preferred embodiment ot the invention is disclosed in the rh'awingsand .sei forth in the specification, but it will be nnderstood that anymodifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be madrinthe construction without dejiiarting` from the principle of theinvention or sacrificing; any of its advantages.

That I claim is:

In a nest of the class described a housing having an entrance opening inone wall thereof, a nest mounted in said housing ad jacent said opening,said nest .having a bottom opening centrally disposed, inclined wallsextending toward said oilieniug 'for directing an egg thereinto, aflexible egg guiding tube disposed below said openingr and extendingaround it` a sliding closure 'for said opening, a rod secured to sai-.lclosure, a swinging frame mounted on said housing` adjacent the entranceopening and located in the path ofi the hen a eoniieetion between saidframe and said rod wherebi` the movement ot the frame in one directionwill open said closure and close it in its movement in the oppositedirection. and a coiled spring connecte-d to nornially hold said frameinupright operative position lfor closing the closure.

In testimony whereof, I aix iny signature hereto.

LOUIS Il. JOHNSON.

